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Cool South African iPod ads

by Dave Caolo Mar 28th 2008 at 12:00PM

Last year, we pointed out this cool campaign for iPods with video in South Africa. Tiny boxes of movie popcorn, posters and even a miniature "trailer" announced the idea of "Movies in your pocket."

Today, Creative Bits describes another iPod campaign from South Africa. It features a set of earbuds that lead not to an iPod, but a pocket full of music, if you will. In one ad, a rock band does its thing in a woman's purse. In another, a boy band croons on a desk and a hip-hop act features a microphone wire that leads to the wearer's earbuds.

The images are great, and quite different from the silhouette ads we see in the US. Have you seen an interesting campaign or ad in your neck of the woods?

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Brian

Darn, Apple has forced them to be taken down. Anyone have a mirror? I didn't get to see...

March 28 2008 at 3:59 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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DepecheSA

Being a South African myself, these Ad's would be more realistic if they showed a guy being shot for his ipod. With the level of violence in South Africa people are afraid to walk around with ipods as they are highly likely to be robbed.

March 28 2008 at 3:12 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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meeee

hey, you're totally true. I'm also here in SA. Local is nie meer lekker nie (and no, I'm not Afrikaans).

I guess you can find this ad in the latest copy of Popular Mechanics... SA edition, of course. I'll check sometimes later.

March 28 2008 at 4:49 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
itsmeee

Anyone know where I can purchase a poster sized version of the first one or get a version large enough to print on an industrial printer?

March 28 2008 at 1:53 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Johnny

Those are cool. I think it's time to abandon the silhouette ads here in the US and come up with something new. Not only is it getting old on Apple's part, but the concept has been duplicated so many times now it is becoming unoriginal even for the original.

March 28 2008 at 1:11 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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